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HB1151

Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.

Allows localities to impose a five-cent ($0.05) per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by retailers in grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, or drugstores. Certain products are exempt from the tax. The bill directs revenue from the local tax to be deposited into the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund and the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The bill allows every restaurant or retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax if the tax is paid in a timely manner. The bill incorporates HB 1673. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/07/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101671D
  • 01/07/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
  • 01/15/2020 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1151)
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
  • 01/31/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/31/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
  • 02/05/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20107423D-H1
  • 02/05/2020 - House: Incorporates HB1673 (Ware)
  • 02/05/2020 - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
  • 02/06/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 02/07/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 02/07/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107423D-H1
  • 02/07/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1151H1
  • 02/10/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)
  • 02/10/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/12/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/12/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
  • 02/13/2020 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1151H1)
  • 02/25/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N)
  • 02/25/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108919D-S1
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108919D-S1
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1151S1
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage